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Locality Name:
Western Region, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 252189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Region, South Australia, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barton (Barton Siding)
Maralinga
Nullarbor Plain

Latitude: 30°41'55"S
Longitude: 131°31'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.698611111111,131.52944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Alunite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Corundum Feldspar Iron Millerite None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	12716,12718	966
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	12721,12724	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	12721,12724	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12721	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	12721	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	12724	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	12721	4135
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	12716	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12716	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	12721	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	12721,12724	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	12721	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	12721	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	12721	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	12721	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	12721	495
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	12716	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	12719,12725	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	12721	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	12721	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	12719,12725	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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